sneak peek....

......of saturdays class I am teaching at "an siopa bui" this saturday in spiddal, co.galway, looking so forward to seeing you all, and cant wait to get shopping in kerrys wonderful shop!!  hugs xx

double tag and new journal

first page of a new journal and first tag of the year, I use to make a good few of these double tags, but haven't in ages so thought it was time to bring them back, forgot how much I enjoyed making them too!!!  papers are the gorgeous new v&a from docrafts, my latest fav, wish I could cover the walls in my house with them and image is from sugar nellie, hope you all have a  wonderful week, off now to work on a double spread in my new journal.  hugs m xx

flower tutorial

finally got this posted up, been meaning to share this for ages, but just didn't seem to get around to it, so cardarian this is for you hun!!

this flower technique can be done with double sided paper strips, ribbon, lace, fabric, endless possibilities!

( and pleaseeeeeeeee excuse the chip nail polish and some blurry pics, was trying to do and take photos at the same time,  I also ran out of nail polish remover!)

Ingredients

• tissue paper strips, cut to about 2 inches wide (I leave all the layers together, don't separate or otherwise the tissue paper will be too delicate to work with)
• adhesive, wet glue, I used glossy accents
• approx 2 inch circle, (I used a scallop punch as I don't have a circle that size, you don't need the scallop design)
• scissors
• glitter glue, 
• button , gem or pearl.

Step 1

Scrunch the end of you tissue paper into a little ball, then glue this to the center of the circle to anchor.

Step 2

 Start by twisting the tissue paper loosely and glue as you go in  small sections, working in a spiral pattern.

Step 3

Continue this twisting and sticking until you reached your desired size flower, leaving approx 1 inch on end to finish off flower.  do this by lifting the flower back a bit from its circle base, add a blob of glue and tuck the end of the tissue paper into this gap between flower and base, press down to hold.

Step 4

trim the card that is left exposed around the edges of your flower.

Step 5

using a glitter glue, I used a clear stickles, place blob on your finger and rub over the surface of your flower.

Step 6

Finish off your flower by placing a gem, pearl of button in the center.

  

eh voile!! you have now completed a very addictive making flower,  hope you enjoy making these flowers as much as I do!!

hugs xx

some cards

hello!! a brief appearance was put in by my mojo, which allowed me to create these little cards, but alas it has fled yet again and I am not feeling very creative at all! hope this changes as creating is good for the soul! 

I used the beautiful handmade embellishments by the lovely geraldine, who kindly gifted these beauties to me, I used the owl, butterflies and beautiful corner lace one on these cards, you can find her lovely shop on etsy here if you would like to nab some for yourself, they are just gorgeous!!

happy monday, hugs xx

my burton emily

I could have sworn blind I posted this lady up, but going through my lil' auld blog shows she is missing!! maybe it was facebook I shared her on, or maybe it is just another one of my frequently occurring "duh" moments!  anyhoooo this is my take on emily from corpse bride, love her and this film so very much, was itching to get painting her.  I still want to do more to her and find the right gemstone to stick on her bust,  so the let the hunt begin, great excuse to go bead shopping!  righto out of here I go, have loads of crafty work to get done, for something I cant tell you about just yet, all will be revealed in march!  warm hugs xx

tim'ified canvas

hello bloggers!! hope you recovered from the festive season ok, doing ok here, kiddos are all played out and we are enjoying our home time.

wanted to share this little canvas I made a few weeks ago as a gift for christmas, I havent been able to share it until now or otherwise the surprise would have been ruined!!!  its a little canvas that came over all timified and distressed!  while on my blog visits the other week I visited the lovely linda elbourne, lover of all things tim and she had done a post showing a canvas she too had tim'ed, t'was spooky we were working on something so so similar at the same time, so just wanted to say that it is purely a crafty world coincidence, dont want poor linda thinking I stole her beautiful idea, I would say great minds and all that but my mind aint that great (linda on the other hand YES!!!!!... genius!!) so thats the waffle & explanation out of the way!  hope you all have a wonderful new year, I am looking forward to it, 2010 is most definitely a year I want to leave behind :) hugs xx

christmas album

morning crafty peeps!  I was determined this year to get my album done on time ready for this years christmas pictures, every year when I leave it after christmas it never gets done as I am all christmas'ed out, but this year its ready!!!  all I have to do is add the pictures!! I played with my gorgeous prize of websters pages goodies that I won over on cardz'n'scrapz, one of the best online craft shops we have in ireland here, loved that shop and its lovely people!  off now to get more christmas crafty presents finished, I hope you have a wonderful weekend, hugs xx

on the 6th day of christmas........

.....yes its day six already, pop over to chicken soup to join in the fun!! xx

4th day of christmas

............chicken soup day 4 of christmas countdown, boy we are clocking up the days to the 25th so quick, dont know where time is going!!! todays inspiration is holly & ivy......I made this little card as an attempt to start my christmas cards, have a lovely weekend, hugs xxx

On the third day of christmas......

its day 3 of our chirstmas countdown over on chicken soup!! do pop over and join us for some christmas inspiration each day! today we have a picture of the most beautiful tree to get your creative juices flowing :)

on the first day of christmas...with chicken soup!!

yay!! its here, our first chicken soup 12 day christmas count down, daily inspiration for the first 12 days of christmas, pop over and join the fun! hugs xx

edward & bella

he could no longer resist!!! he bit her!!! go edward!!  

I really should be doing christmas cards, but I just cant, I hate making them, I don't know why I don't like making christmas stuff so much!! I have avoided this for weeks and ended up having fun with vampires and gorjuss instead, much more fun!  but I suppose I should get to it, they will be very simple ones, all I plan on doing is cuttlebug folder'ing the front of them with a christmas tree, bit of glitter and a few gems and eh voile, thats about all I can creatively manage on the christmas card front!! hope your having fun in the snow!  hugs xx

chicken soup recipe 22

hello!! we have the most yummy picture for you as inspiration this week over on chicken soup, loved this one!  and this is what I created, hope you have a great weekend, xx

button fairy & edward

final week art heart & healing

I am so sad that this course has come to an end, and so happy and content at the same time for taking this art journey, amazing experience!  this is my final project, my angel :)

have a great week, hugs xxx

pretty blue